Melinda Gates

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• NY Philharmonic Performance for Polio

  
  ONE — Authority: 516
  Rotary International is teaming up with violin virtuoso and polio survivor Itzhak Perlman and the world-renowned New York Philharmonic to present the Concert to End Polio, a benefit performance supporting the global effort to eradicate this disabling and sometimes fatal childhood disease. Polio eradication resonates ...
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• AXA Equitable launches two free iPhone apps for women, says more are coming

  
  PhoneArea.net — Authority: 498
  AXA Equitable Life Insurance is joining a number of companies which use Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL )’s iPhone platform as a marketing medium. They have launched two free iPhone apps for women,…
  21 hours ago

• Instructional Rounds: A ‘Revolutionary’ Way to Improve Teaching and Learning

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  After graduating from college, I spent a year as a teacher’s aide in an elementary school. My purpose was two-fold: to figure out if I wanted to change the direction of my career from psychology to education (the answer was yes), and to spend a year immersed in the day to day life of different classrooms so I could ...
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• Brown asked to investigate legitimacy of Blair’s companies

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 717
  London, Nov. 15 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been asked to investigate the legitimacy of his predecessor Tony Blair’s multi-million pound companies and partnerships, which he set up after leaving the office.Blair, who is estimated to have earned as much as 15 million dollars since leaving office, ...
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• CHARLIE ROSE: An hour with Warren Buffett, Bill Gates & Melinda Gates

  
  Everything Warren Buffett — Authority: 488
  An hour conversation about Warren Buffets historic donation of more than $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The three guests discuss the gift and the impact it will have. Related Links Share Investor Blog - Stockmarket & Business commentary Share Investor New Zealand Business News - ...
  3 days ago

• New USAID Chief Faces Internal Skepticism

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 768
  Rajiv Shah and USAID (Department of Agriculture, USAID) After nearly 11 months of allowing the top U.S. foreign-development bureau go without permanent leadership, the Obama administration decided Tuesday afternoon on the unconventional choice of Rajiv Shah , a 36-year old undersecretary of the Department of ...
  5 days ago

• The Education Wars

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 148
  Naturally the usual suspects are involved in a report about a "report card" of the nations school districts . More flexibility. States and districts must empower schools and principals, develop student-based funding policies, and reinvent education management. * Better accountability. States and districts should ...
  6 days ago

• Global challenges and opportunities in fighting HIV/AIDS and neglected diseases

  
  West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network — Authority: 126
  Health Affairs thematic issue on global health examines looming financial pressures in the world’s response to HIV and AIDS; offers solutions for combating neglected tropical diseases and saving millions of livesBethesda, MD — Responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and tackling so-called neglected tropical diseases ...
  1 week ago

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Launches Collaborative Effort to Improve College Graduation Rates

  
  Philanthropy Front and Center-Cleveland — Authority: 122
  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced  (November 5, 2009) $4 million in grants to the National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families , and seven cities to boost college graduation rates by better coordinating the services that colleges, schools and communities provide to students. ...
  1 week ago

• Protecting Children from Rotavirus

  
  ONE — Authority: 516
  If you watched Bill and Melinda Gates’ “Impatient Optimists” presentation, you probably remember this discussion about rotavirus, and the deadly impact it can have on children:The Living Proof Project also has this great corresponding photo gallery documenting clinics in Managua and Pantasma, Nicaragua where ...
  1 week ago

• Elias Zerhouni Talks Public Health Challenges, Culture Wars at WBBA Annual Meeting

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 709
  Biotech , Life Sciences , healthcare Gregory T. Huang wrote: Just came back from the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association’s annual meeting in downtown Seattle, where 500-plus biotechies and distinguished guests (including more than a few local politicians) gathered for a ...
  1 week ago

• Mesa Receives Grant to Improve College Graduation Rates

  
  Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Local News and Business Directory — Authority: 483
  Mesa Community College, City of Mesa and Mesa Public Schools linking services to improve college graduation ratesMesa, AZ - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National League of Cities... This is a summary of the article. For the complete article, please visit the site. Thank you http://www.evliving.com/
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• $21 Million Sweet Potato Project Launched in Africa

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 156
  In an effort to improve nutrition, incomes and food security, the International Potato Centre (CIP) has launched an Africa-wide project to exploit the untapped potential of sweet potato in eight African countries over a five-year period, a statement said Thursday. Tagged Sweet potato Action for Security and Health in ...
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• Grant to Improve College Graduation Rates in Phoenix

  
  Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Local News and Business Directory — Authority: 483
  The City of Phoenix and Maricopa Community Colleges Receive Grant to Improve College Graduation RatesPhoenix, AZ – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National League of Cities... This is a summary of the article. For the complete article, please visit the site. Thank you http://www.evliving.com/
  1 week ago

• CFR Recording Suggests Creating False Scarcity to Drive Up Demand for H1N1 Vaccine

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 151
  Laughter as dignitaries discuss making vaccine mandatory, tricking public into taking itA recording of a recent Council On Foreign Relations symposium reveals attendees discussing ways and means of getting the public to take the H1N1 flu vaccine in spite of the mass resistance that has arisen due to questions over ...
  1 week ago

• Dendreon Files FDA Application, DxBox Reaches Turning Point, ISB to Do 100 Genomes, & More Seattle-Area Life Sciences News

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 709
  Roundup , Biotech , cancer Luke Timmerman wrote: The local life sciences scene was pretty quiet this week, although we heard more than usual from medical device companies. —Paul Yager, the University of Washington’s chair of bioengineering, offered a detailed status update on a tool called the DxBox ...
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• Breastfeeding in Ghana

  
  ONE — Authority: 516
  As part of the Living Proof Project, which we’ve covered extensively here on the ONE Blog, the Gates Foundation has posted this photo gallery following women at the Osu Maternity Home in Accra, Ghana. It’s part of a larger discussion about the benefits and techniques of breastfeeding, which were also examined in ...
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• UW Scientists, Backed by Gates Foundation, Enter “Put Up or Shut Up” Phase with Portable Diagnostic

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 709
  Biotech , Diagnostics , Global Health Luke Timmerman wrote: When somebody gets a fever in a poor country, there is no quick or easy way to tell whether it’s a symptom of flu, malaria, a bacterial invader, or some other bug. And if you don’t what it is, then it’s hard to treat. So it’s only ...
  2 weeks ago

• An Altar Call from Bill and Melinda Gates

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 639
  Last week, my wife Joy and I were front and center when Bill and Melinda Gates launched their new Living Proof campaign in Washington D.C.  I have to imagine that this campaign launch sounded a lot like one of Microsoft’s…
  2 weeks ago

• Fixing what isn’t broken

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 555
  We have this great little library around the corner, which is very convenient. In London, there are lots of libraries, but it’s such big city geographically that it’s not always the case that there’s a library just around the corner. It’s a nice library—it’s right next to The Keats House, where John Keats ...
  2 weeks ago

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